RIVERSIDE – District Attorney Mike Hestrin, along with 24 other District Attorneys throughout California, announced on Thursday, Feb. 1 that a judge in San Joaquin County ordered Tesla, Inc. to pay $1.5 million as part of a settlement of a civil environmental prosecution alleging the electric car company mishandled hazardous waste at its car service centers, energy center, and its factory in Fremont.Tesla, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, currently owns and operates approximately 57 car service centers and 18 solar energy facilities throughout California, including five sites in Riverside County. It also manufactures electric vehicles at its Fremont Factory. In the complaint filed in San Joaquin County, prosecutors accused Tesla, Inc. of illegally disposing of hazardous waste generated
